Week 39, 2025
Notable sales: Sep 22 – 28, 2025
In the week of Sep 22 – 28, 2025, ArtSell recorded 2,793 auction lots, of which 2,253 sold. The 2,174 sales with a published price total $41,651,333, with a median of $1,397. The top result was Yoshitomo Nara, “Pinky”, at $7,280,015 (Phillips, Sep 27, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Pinky, 2000$7,280,015 (HK$56,645,000)
- 27.01.86, 1986$3,830,539 (HK$29,805,000)
- Smoker #17, 1975$1,792,211 (HK$13,945,000)
- Untitled, 1990$1,478,623 (HK$11,505,000)
- Mask Series 1999 No. 2, 1999$1,321,828 (HK$10,285,000)
- $530,531 (HK$4,128,000)
- $397,898 (HK$3,096,000)
- $390,400
- $374,100
- Butterfly City, 2010$364,740 (HK$2,838,000)
- Untitled, 1948$364,740 (HK$2,838,000)
- Transparence voilée, 2003$331,582 (HK$2,580,000)
- SU 12, 1971$330,200
- Profuse Place, 1967$322,500
- Untitled, 1989$309,600
- $305,300
- Hearts Pink, 1982$281,844 (HK$2,193,000)
- Untitled, 2022$281,844 (HK$2,193,000)
- Angelic Smile, 2010$281,844 (HK$2,193,000)
- Walk in the Garden, 1971$281,844 (HK$2,193,000)
- Door to the Sea, c. 1980$266,700
- Self Imprisonment, 1962$266,700
- Femme nue allongée, 1961$232,107 (HK$1,806,000)
- Air de France, 1967$232,107 (HK$1,806,000)
- Girl Serving Tea, 1971$232,107 (HK$1,806,000)
New artist records
The artist’s best price this week exceeded every earlier priced result for them in the ArtSell database (artists with at least three earlier priced results).
| Artist | Work | Price | Previous high |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mai Trung Thu | Walk in the Garden | $281,844 | $195,200 (20 earlier) |
| Jean-Michel Othoniel | Black Tornado | $215,528 | $152,400 (5 earlier) |
| Alice Baber | Green Around Green | $170,800 | $140,000 (15 earlier) |
| Kasing Lung | INPUT | $91,185 | $42,200 (8 earlier) |
| Henni Alftan | Fast Landscape | $83,850 | $76,200 (5 earlier) |
| Sally Michel Avery | Cat Lady | $82,960 | $63,500 (65 earlier) |
| Esteban Vicente | Floating Forms | $76,200 | $56,250 (35 earlier) |
| Tetsutaro Kamatani | Nirvana 4 | $66,316 | $10,870 (3 earlier) |
| Kennedy Yanko | Don’t take my truth for ignorance | $58,050 | $50,800 (3 earlier) |
| Rodolphe-Théophile Bosshard | Léda I | $47,853 | $46,817 (20 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Charles and Ray Eames (46 sold · $68.1k)George Nelson & Associates (25 sold · $45k)Roycroft (21 sold · $42.3k)Jaroslav Horejc (17 sold · $38.9k)Kaws (17 sold · $305k)Jonas Wood (16 sold · $319k)Paul Rand (15 sold · $17.5k)John Baldessari (14 sold · $84k)Francis Luis Mora (13 sold · $2.7k)Richard Pettibone (12 sold · $418k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Sep 22 – 28, 2025 (by sale date). Prices are converted to USD at the sale-date rate; the original currency is shown in brackets. Results that houses publish later are added as they arrive. ArtSell is a database of auction results; it does not authenticate or value works.